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Parasitic diseases are caused by parasites ranging from malaria to intestinal parasites such as intestinal schistosomiases.
Guinea Worm Infection - Drancunculiasis
Guinea worm infection is probably one of the most visually disgusting parasitic infections since a worm several feet long emerges from the skin in a process that can take months.
All About Malaria
Believe it or not, malaria is caused by a parasite called plasmodium. Malarial disease is caused when a female Anopheles mosquito transfer one of four different kinds of plasmodium parasites to the human bloodstream.
Malaria Symptoms
Malaria symptoms are high fever and chills and may also include diarrhea, nausea and vomitting and signs of jaundice.

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